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    Welcome to the killing fields cafe... (Reuters)

Reuters - A new Cambodian cafe is offering diners a slice of life under
 the Khmer Rouge, with a menu featuring rice-water and leaves, and
 waitresses dressed in the black fatigues worn by Pol Pot's ultra-Maoist
 guerrillas.

    Bookmaker blasted over 'Last Supper' ad (Reuters)

Reuters - Irish bookmaker Paddy Power was fending off the wrath of
 Christians in overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Ireland on Friday over an
 advert depicting Jesus and the Apostles gambling at the Last Supper.

    Santa compensated for dead reindeer (Reuters)

Reuters - Santa Claus will receive $5,000 in compensation from the
 Danish air force after an F-16 fighter jet frightened one of his
 reindeers to death.

    Dollars to doughnuts... (Reuters)

Reuters - Australia's highest court has upheld a A$471,000 compensation
 payout to a pastry cook who cut her little finger while reassembling a
 doughnut machine, court officials said Friday.

    Media boasts land top hooker in jail (Reuters)

Reuters - A $2,000 an hour prostitute known as New York's No. 1 Escort
 pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of money laundering and
 prostitution that stemmed from her bragging in the media about her
 work.

    Mexican panda home after failed Tokyo love match (Reuters)

Reuters - Mexican giant panda Shuan Shuan was back in her Mexico City
 enclosure on Thursday, jet-lagged and chewing glumly on a pile of
 bamboo leaves after failing to find passion with a suitor in a Tokyo
 zoo.

    Mating game is never over for male swallows? (Reuters)

Reuters - Men who put on a little pot belly after marriage can give
 thanks that they are not barn swallows. A study published on Thursday
 shows females of that species keep shopping around even after mating.

    Lima Prison Pageant Showcases Poise (AP)

AP - It was an elegant beauty pageant lineup -- especially for a
 Peruvian prison -- where contestants showed poise on the catwalk and
 patience awaiting sentencing.

    Pope scares child who mistook him for doctor (Reuters)

Reuters - The Pope's white robes scared a young boy who mistook him for
 a doctor when he visited a children's hospital on Friday.

    Kan. Mayor Calls Birthday Card 'Offensive' (AP)

AP - Don't send Mayor Bill Bunten this birthday card. He won't be
 amused.

    Danish air force to pay Santa for dead reindeer (Reuters)

Reuters - Santa Claus will receive $5,000 (2,830 pounds) in compensation
 from the Danish air force after an F-16 fighter jet frightened one of
 his reindeers to death.

    Warm Teddy Bear Helps Nab Robbery Suspect (AP)

AP - A warm teddy bear helped lead Clarendon County deputies to a man
 wanted for an armed robbery and carjacking.

    Chirac tweaks his Citroen, brings biofuel to Elysee (Reuters)

Reuters - French President Jacques Chirac has joined the country's push
 to boost biofuel use -- converting his own luxury Citroen C6 saloon and
 many of his officials' cars to run on cleaner-burning biodiesel.

    Bar Made From Arctic Ice Opens in London (AP)

AP - A chilly bit of Scandinavia is coming to the heart of London's West
 End Saturday with the opening of Absolut Icebar, a bar made entirely
 out of ice right down to the art on the walls and the glasses for the
 drinks.

    Rower Completes Slowest Atlantic Crossing (AP)

AP - A British rower has set a record for the slowest-ever Atlantic
 crossing, coming ashore in southern England Friday, 124 days after
 leaving North America.

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